In this example we are going to walk through the creation of a Dell SUU ISO for 64-bit Windows. The SUU is crucial if you are building out Dell servers as it updates firmware and drivers. I find the Dell documentation isn't overly helpful so I've put together this quick tutorial on how to create a... Continue Reading →
How to Generalize a Linux VM Template
When building out an environment of any kind, you need to have a good starting base, a strong foundation and the same holds true for many things. It's no different when building a virtual machine (VM) template to deploy in your environment in a repeatable fashion. Recently I spent some time developing a generalized/sanitized VM template for Red... Continue Reading →
Batch Scripting – A Case for Using For
The Batch file has been around for a long long time and although it is an old concept I still find myself dabbling in it from time to time. You can say what you want about Batch scripting but it is a tried and true method and that's probably why we still see it in use today for automating some tasks.... Continue Reading →